Maternal and Infant Health
Addressing health inequities to ensure that all pregnant people—regardless of skin color, income, or zip code—have the opportunity for healthy pregnancies, healthy babies, and the ability to thrive.
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How Equity Strategies Can Make Healthcare Better for Everyone
When doctors and hospitals seek to reduce racial disparities in health, they often fix persistent problems that affect all patients. This brief outlines evidence and examples that demonstrate how equity strategies lead to better care for everyone.
Blog Post
Guaranteeing Reproductive Justice for All
The vision of the Black women who founded the reproductive justice movement 31 years ago goes beyond policy—it calls for a cultural shift toward valuing the humanity of Black people.
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How Structural Racism, Neighborhood Deprivation, and Maternal Characteristics Contribute to Inequiti...
This journal article investigates the fact that Black women in the United States are much more likely than White women to have babies who are born too early and too small.